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Forestry concessionaires must return all 2008 log tags to GFC

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Forestry concessionaires must return all 2008 log tags to GFC

…timber companies without concessions cannot export logs anymore All log tags issued to forest concessionaires by the Guyana Forestry Commission during the year will expire on December 31. As such...

Police dealt effectively with 2008 challenges – Rohee

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police dealt effectively with 2008 challenges – Rohee

– more work still to be done Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has expressed satisfaction with the work done by the Guyana Police Force in effectively dealing with the main challenges it...

Top Cop lashes out at errant road use

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Top Cop lashes out at errant road use

The recent spate of road deaths has led Commissioner of Police Henry Greene to remark that the problem mostly stems from ‘drivers speeding’ and others driving under the influence of alcohol. He...

PELE TO COLLIDE WITH SUNBURST CAMPTOWN IN K&S FINAL

Dec 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on PELE TO COLLIDE WITH SUNBURST CAMPTOWN IN K&S FINAL

Pair down GDF and Bakewell Topp XX in semis By Franklin Wilson City sides Pele and Sunburst Camptown will square off for the one million dollar top prize in the final of the 19th Kashif and Shanghai...

A low down rotten shame!!!

Dec 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on A low down rotten shame!!!

By Michael Benjamin Boxing Day slipped by very quietly and hardly anyone missed the traditional boxing card usually staged on this day. Some of the more ardent fans did call my home to lament what...

NBTS appeals for blood again

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on NBTS appeals for blood again

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is once again appealing for volunteers to urgently donate their blood at the blood bank, as the NBTS is currently low on stock. National Blood Donor...

Forestry concessionaires must return all 2008 log tags to GFC

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Forestry concessionaires must return all 2008 log tags to GFC

Basil Butcher’s son is new BCBC President

Dec 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Basil Butcher’s son is new BCBC President

Keith Foster defeats Malcolm Peters in ‘tight’ elections With the race for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) elections heating up, candidates vying for the GCB Presidency will be monitoring...

RFA Secretary Harold D’Aguiar passes on

Dec 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RFA Secretary Harold D’Aguiar passes on

Football fraternity saddened By Franklin Wilson and Brian Sam The football fraternity in Guyana has been plunged into a state of shock with the passing of Rupununi Football Association Secretary...

That Duke Lodge sale

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on That Duke Lodge sale

Dear Editor, I refer to an article appearing in the Kaieteur News of December 25, 2008, captioned, “Gouveia buys Duke Lodge after Govt. spends $$M on rehabilitation”. I am somewhat confused over...

Disgraceful police behaviour

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Disgraceful police behaviour

Dear Editor, There are lots of reasons why tourists continue to refuse to come to Guyana in numbers and one of them is the way some police officers treat citizens – with discourtesy and disregard...

Celebrating each others’ festivals is great for ethnic relations

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Celebrating each others’ festivals is great for ethnic relations

Dear Editor, We should be proud that as Guyanese we display tremendous tolerance for each other’s religious festivals and customs in Guyana as well as in the diaspora, especially in NY. Guyanese of...

Farmer murdered during drinking spree

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Farmer murdered during drinking spree

A 38-year-old farmer was beaten to death at around 20:00hrs on Monday night during a drinking spree at Kaimatta, North Rupununi . Police said that Augustine and another man were consuming alcohol...

Consumer prices in Region 2 need to be reduced like fuel

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Consumer prices in Region 2 need to be reduced like fuel

Dear Editor, Whenever there was an increase in the price of fuel, an automatic impact resulted in the cost of everything mounting with consumers having to pay more becoming simultaneous. But, despite...

Man faces trial for disorderly conduct

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man faces trial for disorderly conduct

Norris King, 34, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face charges of disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer. It is alleged...

Intention to manipulate the covenant (IMC)

Dec 30, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Intention to manipulate the covenant (IMC)

Until the Constitution of Guyana gives legal independence to the municipal governments around the country, including cities and towns, the central power-holders are not going to release money to...

Is PNC leader serious about independence of labour movement?

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Is PNC leader serious about independence of labour movement?

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Kaieteur News’ article “PNC seeks deferral for greater consultation” in your 29/12/2008 edition. It is disheartening to read of another attempt by the PPP to...

Knife-wielding passengers steal taxi driver’s car

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Knife-wielding passengers steal taxi driver’s car

Three robbers posing as passengers made off with a taxi driver’s car at around 02:00hrs yesterday after holding him at knifepoint. A police release said that Robert Griffith, of East Ruimveldt...

Works stalled on $40M Camp St. annex

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Works stalled on $40M Camp St. annex

From all indications the completion of the $40M Camp Street Prisons annex will not meets its deadline. According to Director of Prisons Dale Erskine, no work is currently being done on the structure....

Berbice River Bridge commendable; access road waste of money

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Berbice River Bridge commendable; access road waste of money

Dear Editor, The Berbice River Bridge was opened on the 23rd December, 2008 and it is indeed a project that all Guyanese can be proud of. It is the sixth largest bridge in the world, and without a...

Freddie getting high on fruit cake

Dec 30, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Freddie getting high on fruit cake

Freddie like he used too much black cake over the holidays. He seems to be in a stupor. In Guyana, we usually soak the fruits used to make the black cake in rum. It would seem as if Freddie got drunk...

Brother-in-law granted bail for attempted murder

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Brother-in-law granted bail for attempted murder

Navindra Anand Dinoo, 26, a goldsmith of 154 Shell Road, Kitty, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, charged with the attempted murder of his brother-in-law. On...

The Crisis and China

Dec 30, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Crisis and China

Ever since the financial meltdown began to unfold in the US and Europe, there has been intense debate in political and financial circles about its possible impact on China. China, after all, has...

All recaptured

Dec 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on All recaptured

Another Camp Street jailbreak… – accused in Lusignan massacre, Bartica slaughter and GuySuCo payroll heist among escapees Six dangerous inmates, including two suspects in the recent...

All die in triangular love affair in Florida

Dec 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on All die in triangular love affair in Florida

A triangular love affair between United States-based Guyanese went sour, ending in the deaths of all of them. Bridjnath, 50, died last Friday after being shot approximately five times by a man...

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Berbice Cricket Board U19 Inter club competition begins today with several matches

Freedom of Information is a myth

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I once thought Freedom of Information meant you could, well, access information freely.... more